ShoeLover

Man, i want to print out this whole list. many of mine are repeats, but:
1. I want to fit in an airplane seat comfortably without an extender.
2. I want to be able to not feel like i need to use the handicapped stall in the bathroom to have enough room.
3. I want hygiene to be easier.
4. I want to chafe less if I'm really active.
5. I want to be able to go skiing with my kids (we live 30 minutes from the slopes, haven't skiied since I was a teenager)
6. I want to be confident I can fit on amusement park rides.
7. I don't want to worry about whether a booth will be too tight.
8. I want to stop needing to use a CPAP.
9. I would like my diabetes to be gone, and get rid of all my assorted diabetes stuff.
10. I would like to not always look for shoes I can slip on.
11. I would like to be able to easily paint my toenails.
12. I want to have energy to play with all my kids.
13. I want to buy lingerie at victorias secret.
14. i want my original wedding rings to fit again.
15. I would like to run a 5k.
16. I would like to join a dance class.
17. At church, I would like to be able to kneel properly without leaning back on the seat.
18. I would like my furniture and bed not to have sagging where I sit or lay.

Here are some of my non scale goals:
I want to be able to fit into a size Medium comfortably- something I have not been able to do since I was 13/14 years old (and even then it was only for a few weeks after I was extremely sick).
I want to hear 'you are so pretty' instead of 'you have such a pretty face'.
I want to look and feel like I'm 20 something (I am!) instead of 40 something (I'm NOT!)
I want to go dancing at the dance club instead of just dreaming about it.
I want to wear one of the super sexy outfits that I spend so much time pinning on Pinterest
Cute boots.
High heels
I want to be able to wear a bra and panties and feel sexy in them instead of feeling huge and frumpy.
I want to have a boudoir photo shoot
I want to be confident enough to try out new positions in bed without worrying about my fat rolls crushing my husband.
I want to weigh less than my husband for the first time in my life.
I want to be able to throw on a pair of my hubby's sweatpants and sweaters. He's a mens size Small/Medium.
I want to be brave enough to go to playgroups, story hours, and various other activities I completely avoid because of my weight.
I want to meet some of my husbands coworkers. I avoid any situation in which I'd have to meet my husbands coworkers..... because I hate that I feel so embarrassed with him. He deserves a much sexier wife. I always feel like people see us together and think "WTF??" to themselves.
I want to be able to shower without having to lift up any part of my body and hunch over to wash.
I want to wear clothing that requires me to shave my ENTIRE leg instead of just from the knees down.
I want a bathing suit that doesn't have a skirt, a coverup, and a huge beach towel.
I want to be a better mom- I have zero energy and feel like I never really want to do anything because I'm ALWAYS thinking about my weight. Even a trip to the playground is exhausting and depressing to me.
I want to buy a full length mirror. We have never owned one because I have always refused to look at myself.
I want to stop hiding behind my husband and/or children in pictures.
I want to take professional family portraits that don't leave me feeling awful about myself.
I want to wear something other than sweatpants or yoga pants. Jeans are either too big on me or so tight they cut me in half and give me epic muffin top.
I want to be able to go for a walk with my 120lb sister and not huff and puff and sweat buckets.
I want people to see me with my sister and not look so shocked when we say we are sisters
I want to go to Zumba- and have people think "OMG She's so sexy!" instead of "OMG Look at that fat chick shaking her massive ass!"
I want to go to cardio kickboxing
I want to go through a pregnancy where I love my maternity clothes and I actually look pregnant instead of just fatter than normal.
I want every guy who has ever broken my heart to regret not sticking with me.
I want to wear flirty little summer dresses instead of huge T's and maternity (the soft stretchy waist band is very forgiving!) capris when I'm not pregnant!
I want people to stop asking me if I'm pregnant.
I want to make some friends instead of hide away from people because I feel like they're looking at how fat I am or how much I'm eating.

Hopefully if all goes well I will be having my surgery in 2 months, and will be on my way to finally doing some things I've never done or haven't been able to do for a while.
Here is a list of some of the things I want to be able to do after WLS that I cannot do now because of my weight:
Go ziplining, jetskiing, and kayaking
Wear a swimsuit with confidence
Dance at a nightclub without sweating within the first 45 seconds
Sing on stage without feeling self-conscious
Not be the fattest person in the gym working out
Paint my own toenails, and buckle my shoes
Stop snoring
Wear pumps/stilettos without foot fat bulging out or worrying about keeping my balance
What things do/did you want to do but couldn't as a fat person? Maybe I can get some more ideas to put on my list of to-dos after WLS.

Wow as I read everybodies list I was thinking of mine, so here it goes
1. Because I look like I am carrying twins I want to stop telling people I am due in six month
2. Correctly wipe myself without pain and sweating
3. Buy mirror
4. Walk again with stoping every ten minutes to rest
5. Walk with husband without looking like a perfect ten (he is one and I am the zero)
Hopefully this will happen before my birth in Feb. 2012

Ok, I hadn't thought about this either. But here's a few I would like to do.
Not see my stomach between my legs
Cross my legs
Paint my toes
Run around with my grand children
Chase my dogs through the yard
Have my husband throw me over his shoulder (he's a strappin' man!)
Buy 100% cotton jeans in the real women's department and not the strech kind
Be able to wear a silk blouses because my arm-n-hammer arms are gone.
Walk my dogs daily
Sky dive

I want to go sledding with my kids (14 year old twins) - not just take pictures or hold extra gloves. I want to wait in line for a roller coaster ride without the fear of "struggling" to get myself belted in. (forget the shear embarrassment of having to have the attendant help me out!). I CAN'T WAIT to have a real "family picture taken. I have avoided cameras for as long as I can remember. I want to go to a sporting event and not "have" to sit in the nosebleed section because I want a backrest and I feel uncomfortable sitting in front of people. I really just want to become more of an active participant in my children's lives - not just an onlooker.

oooooo. this is good. i havent given this much thought before. im going to put together a little list too. what motivation that would be:)!
THANKS!
tricia

I am so looking forward to these things too....and in 4 days Ill be on my way:)
Here is my list: horseback riding, rollercoasters, can go to any clothes store and find my size, fly on a plane comfortably, wear a dress with confidence, get a bra from victoria's secret, and the list could go on....

Oh, my... the list could go on and on... I have a lot of similar things on my list and would add...
Fitting into knee-high boots.
Wearing skirts/dresses without the burning fire of chub rub! Ow!
Fitting into arena seats without having bruises on my hips for the next two weeks.
Not being embarrassed to the point of apologizing for my size every time I take a bus and don't get a seat to myself.
Learning new things - SCUBA, maybe a martial art?, training to be a runner/run a 5K
Oh, there's so much more....

Wow you all sound so ambitous! I only have 60 lbs. to lose but it is all in my abdomen and I can't do anything I am so uncomfrtable I want to be able to wear my jeans tucked into my boots, cut my toenails, go into my closet and not wear the same top and jeans everyday, wear a black tee shirt tucked into jeans with a black belt, walk on the treadmill 40 minutes without running out of breath after 5 minutes, and wear cute clothes with belts without looking like I have a belt around a redwood tree trunk! LOL!